Secret life of sponges
Sponges are ancient marine animals, very common throughout the world's oceans and seem less affected by ocean warming and acidification.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2022
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Back so soon, La Niña? Here's why we're getting two soggy summers in a row
Last month was Australia's wettest November on record, and summer in Queensland and parts of New South Wales is also expected to be soggy for the second consecutive year. So why is our summer parade being rained on yet again?
Environment
Dec 14, 2021
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Independent stress response makes octocorals more robust
Coral reefs are among the most species-rich ecosystems on the planet. Octocorals, which include soft corals, gorgonians, and sea pens, are important members of these marine communities. They could even outcompete reef-building ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2021
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Uncovering the secrets behind Earth's first major mass extinction
We all know that the dinosaurs died in a mass extinction. But did you know that there were other mass extinctions? There are five most significant mass extinctions, known as the "big five," where at least three-quarters of ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2021
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Gulf Stream and Kuroshio Current found to be synchronized on decadal time scale
A team of researchers with members affiliated with a large number of institutions across Japan has found that the Gulf stream and Kuroshio are synchronized on a decadal time scale. In their paper published in the journal ...
Natural cycles in the Gulf of Alaska accentuate ocean acidification
New research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks shows that the fluctuations of major wind and ocean circulation systems can temporarily accelerate or reverse the rate of ocean acidification in the Gulf of Alaska.
Environment
Sep 15, 2021
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New Orleans under curfew as US South tallies Hurricane Ida damage
Louisiana and Mississippi took stock Tuesday of the disaster inflicted by powerful Hurricane Ida, as receding floodwaters began to reveal the full extent of the damage along the US Gulf Coast and the death toll rose to four.
Environment
Sep 1, 2021
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A phytoplankton that synthesizes petroleum-equivalent hydrocarbons
Director-General Naomi Harada and colleagues from the Research Institute for Global Change at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, in collaboration with Assistant Professor Yuu Hirose from Toyohashi University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 30, 2021
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Salps fertilize the Southern Ocean more effectively than krill
Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute have, for the first time, experimentally measured the release of iron from the fecal pellets of krill and salps under natural conditions and tested its bioavailability using a natural ...
Ecology
Jun 2, 2021
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Seabirds are sending us an urgent environmental message
Just as caged canaries once warned coal miners of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, free-flying seabirds are now warning humanity about the deteriorating health of our oceans.
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May 28, 2021
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